Best Books of the Decade: 1960's
The best books published during the 1960's decade (1960 - 1969).
1 To Kill a Mockingbird
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4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 1,437,145 ratings
2 The Outsiders
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 281,298 ratings
3 Charlie and the Chocolate F...
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 232,967 ratings
4 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's ...
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4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 253,261 ratings
5 A Wrinkle in Time (Time, #1)
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 320,456 ratings
6 Slaughterhouse-Five
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 482,527 ratings
7 Where the Wild Things Are
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4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 280,467 ratings
8 Catch-22
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 279,890 ratings
9 Green Eggs and Ham
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4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 281,958 ratings
10 A Clockwork Orange
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 221,291 ratings
11 One Hundred Years of Solitude
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 328,986 ratings
12 In Cold Blood
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 235,078 ratings
13 Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1)
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 306,390 ratings
14 Flowers for Algernon
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 145,282 ratings
15 The Bell Jar: A Novel
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 204,860 ratings
16 The Godfather
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4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 110,392 ratings
17 Cat's Cradle
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4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 133,488 ratings
18 James and the Giant Peach
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 153,470 ratings
19 Do Androids Dream of Electr...
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 99,854 ratings
20 Island of the Blue Dolphins...
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 132,388 ratings
21 Stranger in a Strange Land
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 141,979 ratings
22 Harriet the Spy
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 42,218 ratings
23 Something Wicked This Way C...
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 38,130 ratings
24 The Master and Margarita
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4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 62,303 ratings
25 2001: A Space Odyssey (Spac...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 76,491 ratings
26 Rosencrantz and Guildenster...
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 41,012 ratings
27 The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 136,738 ratings
28 From the Mixed-Up Files of ...
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 73,087 ratings
29 The Left Hand of Darkness
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 28,011 ratings
30 The Giving Tree
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4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 359,888 ratings
31 The Spy Who Came In from th...
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 17,196 ratings
32 One Day in the Life of Ivan...
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 37,499 ratings
33 Valley of the Dolls
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3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 19,373 ratings
34 The Phantom Tollbooth
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4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 99,725 ratings
35 We Have Always Lived in the...
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 12,695 ratings
36 Rosemary's Baby
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 34,199 ratings
37 The French Lieutenant's Woman
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 18,902 ratings
38 The Chosen
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 43,546 ratings
39 Franny and Zooey
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 93,600 ratings
40 A Canticle for Leibowitz
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 31,999 ratings
41 A Wizard of Earthsea (Earth...
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 70,723 ratings
42 Wide Sargasso Sea
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3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 21,401 ratings
43 The Andromeda Strain
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 88,862 ratings
44 The Last Unicorn
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4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 41,223 ratings
45 The Man in the High Castle
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 29,282 ratings
46 Silent Spring
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 13,329 ratings
47 The Sneetches and Other Sto...
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4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 31,281 ratings
48 Fox in Socks
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 22,899 ratings
49 The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 55,131 ratings
50 The Magus
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 19,049 ratings
51 Everything That Rises Must ...
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4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 9,061 ratings
52 The Electric Kool-Aid Acid ...
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 32,846 ratings
53 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
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4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 41,856 ratings
54 Rabbit, Run
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3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 22,142 ratings
55 Dragonflight (Pern, #1)
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 48,099 ratings
56 Where the Red Fern Grows
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 148,962 ratings
57 The Graduate
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3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 2,458 ratings
57 The Incredible Journey
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 21,226 ratings
59 A Moveable Feast
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 37,790 ratings
60 Travels with Charley: In Se...
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 25,725 ratings
61 Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Det...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 16,053 ratings
62 The Last Picture Show
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 5,629 ratings
63 Pale Fire
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4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 16,158 ratings
64 The Book of Three (The Chro...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 29,509 ratings
65 The Prime of Miss Jean Brod...
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 1,301 ratings
66 The Winter of Our Discontent
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 17,406 ratings
67 Up the Down Staircase
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 3,054 ratings
68 Portnoy's Complaint
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 20,924 ratings
69 The Confessions of Nat Turner
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 5,729 ratings
70 Sometimes a Great Notion
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4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 9,430 ratings
70 The Crying of Lot 49
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 28,211 ratings
72 The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifa...
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 7,857 ratings
73 Revolutionary Road
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 36,518 ratings
74 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 4,027 ratings
75 The Feminine Mystique
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 8,565 ratings
76 Bread and Jam for Frances
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 14,552 ratings
77 The Guns of August
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4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 11,893 ratings
78 On Death and Dying
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 8,879 ratings
79 Papillon
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4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 16,903 ratings
80 Who's Afraid of Virginia Wo...
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 24,068 ratings
81 I Know Why the Caged Bird S...
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 115,974 ratings
82 Born Free: A Lioness of Two...
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4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 11,399 ratings
83 The Golden Notebook
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 7,062 ratings
84 Rhinocéros
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 2,615 ratings
85 A Man for All Seasons
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 4,594 ratings
86 Ubik
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 21,790 ratings
87 Herzog
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 7,639 ratings
88 Lord of Light
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 10,139 ratings
89 Ariel
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4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 18,097 ratings
90 Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chr...
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4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 4,210 ratings
91 Hell's Angels
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 18,283 ratings
92 The Collector
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 14,731 ratings
93 In Watermelon Sugar
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 4,950 ratings
94 Cancer Ward
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 4,910 ratings
95 Labyrinths
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4.47 of 5 stars 4.47 avg rating — 12,528 ratings
96 The Black Cauldron (The Chr...
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 27,707 ratings
97 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 12,777 ratings
98 Joy in the Morning
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 3,093 ratings
99 V.
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 9,230 ratings
100 The Proud Tower: A Portrait...
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 2,591 ratings
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message 1: by Themis-Athena (last edited Apr 28, 2010 10:20am) (new)

Themis-Athena How did "The Bluest Eye" make it onto this list? It's from 1970 ...

ETA: Ditto Lenin's "What Is to Be Done?" (1929!)

Removed both.


message 2: by Susanna (new)

Susanna The first publication dates on books are sometimes very wonky.


message 3: by Themis-Athena (new)

Themis-Athena Yes, so I noticed when I started to add books to the lists for individual years that you and Bettie have so meticulously begun to put together! ;)


message 4: by Black (new)

Black Guy hi booo


message 5: by Chris (new)

Chris Johnson There hasn't been a book of such mainstream influence while having the ARTISTIC edge attached to it as well, as Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird" a top 10 book for me. It took the mantle of "America's Book" which "The Catcher In The Rye" held that title for a decade or so until Ms. Lee's book in the 60's.


message 6: by Ebru (new)

Ebru where is "The Catcher In The Rye" ?


message 7: by Themis-Athena (new)

Themis-Athena It was published in 1951, so it doesn't belong on this particular list. It IS on the list for "Best Books of the 1950s," though! See http://www.goodreads.com/list/best_of...


message 8: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie there are several repeat books on this list...i don't know if you want to fix that or not...

to kill a mockingbird (it's voted as #1 and #186, for instance), charlies and the chocolate factory, rosemary's baby...to name a few


message 9: by Susanna (new)

Susanna I made it check for duplicates; that should have resolved the repeats.


message 10: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie Susanna wrote: "I made it check for duplicates; that should have resolved the repeats."

cool, thanks! :D


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